Science and Technology Metrics
Abstract
This document describes the rationale for, and implementation of, the expanded use of the proper metrics in the evaluation of science and technology (S&T). The document starts with an Executive Overview and Conclusions regarding the application of metrics to the entire S&T development cycle, including its key role in setting incentives for S&T development. Then, after describing how the evolution of S&T has influenced the present burgeoning interest in quantitative S&T metrics, this monograph defines different types of S&T metrics, followed by the main principles of high quality metrics-based S&T evaluations. After a broad overview of quantitative approaches to research assessment, the document focuses on the main approaches of bibliometrics and econometrics, including a novel section on bibliometric collaboration indicators. It then describes the bibliometrics-related family of approaches known as co-occurrence phenomena, describes a network modeling approach to quantifying research impacts, and ends the main text body with a description of a metrics-based expert systems approach for supporting research assessment. There are a substantial number of Appendices that make the present document essentially a self-contained monograph. Appendix 12 contains extensive data describing the infrastructure of the S&T metrics literature (including the seminal documents in S&T metrics), and it is followed by a very extensive Bibliography that contains over 7500 key references in S&T metrics. The Bibliography includes both those specific references identified in the body of this document's text, and suggestions for further reading in this broad technical area.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA432576
Entities
People
- Ronald Neil Kostoff
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research